SOLAR ENERGY: We nurture technology development and identify market
opportunities in solar energy (including passive
solar design) and energy conservation (such as the high efficiency TPTS gas-fired water heater);
and ...

We employ the principles of Ecological Economics:
Our planet is experiencing a crisis of unprecedented proportions: with
increasing demands for resources of dwindling quality and increasing costs
of extraction, we are consuming our "seed corn" and our wastes
are piling up beyond our planet's capacity to absorb them.

This is not sustainable in the long term. There are debates about how
much time we have, but it is clear that humanity is challenging the limits
of the natural order as never before. Virtually by definition, one of the
solutions to achieving sustainability is the transition from an economy
based on oil to one based on solar energy. Employing this solution, our
programs and projects are based on two primary principles:

More with Less: Our limits can be extended by organizational
methodologies and technological advances which achieve more results with
less material substance. Our inspiration? Buckminster
Fuller.